* ltmain.in (link mode): Actually provide a useful error

message.  Fixes long-standing shameful user neglection.
Reported by Martin Paljak <martin.paljak@gmail.com>.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a739761c0473793afd0c0c19e3c675e0f78e98a4..562452f8474816d7fc09de7f64bcd5e1d52633d1 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-09-09  Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * ltmain.in (link mode): Actually provide a useful error
+       message.  Fixes long-standing shameful user neglection.
+       Reported by Martin Paljak <martin.paljak@gmail.com>.
+
 2005-09-08  Charles Wilson  <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
 
        * libtool.m4 (AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_CXX_CONFIG)

diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in
index 43144fe1a8110bc8fb85e952e58aa8fd3e29ef68..2d5af5250512f2d1f0e87f44e652df0a5595ca60 100644 (file)
--- a/ltmain.in
+++ b/ltmain.in
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ EOF
        esac # case $deplib
        if test "$found" = yes || test -f "$lib"; then :
        else
-         $echo "$modename: cannot find the library \`$lib'" 1>&2
+         $echo "$modename: cannot find the library \`$lib' or unhandled argument \`$deplib'" 1>&2
          exit $EXIT_FAILURE
        fi